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Once you've identified the subject area you wish to research, you will need to find a supervisor for your project. All Doctoral Researchers are provided with a lead supervisor, who will act as the main source of academic supervisory support and research mentoring during your time as a Doctoral Researcher at the University.
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Assistant Professor of Art History and Curatorial Practice
Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies
Museum Histories, Museum Architecture, Exhibition Histories, Curatorial Practice, Victorian Art, Pre-Raphaelites, Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century British Art and Architecture

Professor in Creative Writing
Department of Film and Creative Writing
I would be very interested in receiving proposals for postgraduate projects on any themes related to my research (eg. contemporary fiction; writing the ‘other’; experimental forms; Irish Studies). Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any queries!

Professor in Asian Studies and the Environment
Department of Political Science and International Studies
My main interests focus on climate change in Asia, environmental politics, and civil society in Asia. Previously I have published work on East Asian regionalism, Asia-Europe inter-regional relations and Japanese foreign policy, and is happy to accept proposals related to these themes.
My current and recent projects include work on:
Environmental politics and waste in Southeast Asia
The role of sustainability chapters in free trade agreements
EU-Japan relations
Japanese foreign ...

Honorary Reader in Medical Statistics
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Currently supervising students in: the headroom method applied to the early-stage valuation of medical devices; and in a meta-analytic approach to the analysis of inter-country differences in the effectiveness of clinical treatments.

Associate Professor
Centre for Environmental Research and Justice
School of Biosciences
Dr Scott Glaberman's lab is recruiting postgraduate students to pursue PhD studies in the following research areas:
- Leveraging evolutionary principles to understand species sensitivity to chemicals
- Analysing toxicology data within a One Health framework using big data approaches
- Developing nematodes (including C. elegans) as model organisms in toxicology
- Advancing environmental monitoring of contaminants through risk-based approaches
- Reimagining risk assessment practices for environmental contaminants
Investigating evolutionary mechanisms of cancer resistance and ...

Professor of Health and Social Care
Department of Social Work and Social Care
Jon has recently supported PhD students studying topics such as:
Public-private partnerships in the NHS
Joint working in children's services
Parity of esteem in mental health services
The governance of housing associations in Northern Ireland
Public service motivation in Chinese welfare services
The development of the social work profession in Palestine
Youth mental health services in the UK and Australia
The ethics of telecare in services for older people/people with ...

Chair in Economics
Deputy Head of Department
The Department of Economics
- Currently supervising one PhD student and second supervisor to one student.
- Primary supervisor of 12 PhD’s in the past, and supervisory committee for 11 PhDs.

Associate Professor
Business School
Healthcare Operations Managemen; Machine/Reinforcement Learning; Stochastic programming; Simulation modelling

Professor in Micro-Engineering and Bio-Nanotechnology
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering
Pola G. Oppenheimer is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Design and Fabrication of Micro and Nano-structured Sensing Surfaces
- New Bio-Nanomaterials for Therapeutics and Health Care
- Structural Nanotechnology: Nano-assemblies and Scaffolds
- Structured Carbon Nanotubes & Graphene-Based Devices
- Biommimetics
If you are interested in any of these subject areas please contact Pola Oppenheimer on the contact details above, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email: ...

Research Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering
Yadira provides supervision for some Masters and PhD students within the group.

Associate Professor
Head of Planning and Strategy
Birmingham Law School
Damian is keen to supervise postgraduate research students in the following areas:
International and Regional Protection of Human Rights
The work of international courts
Human Rights Research Methods
LGBTQI Rights
Feminist and Queer Legal Theories

Associate Professor in Political Economy
Department of Political Science and International Studies
I welcome suggestions and proposals for PhD supervision on projects concerning South-South relations and development cooperation, and in particular China’s relations with the Caribbean and Latin America.